Identification of a second region of the Spo0A response regulator of Bacillus subtilis required for transcription activation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 4352-4355

  Rowe Magnus, Dean A ^a,b   Richer, Martin J ^a   Spiegelman, George B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN SPO0A; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPORES, BACTERIAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033912815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.15.4352-4355.2000     Document Type: Article

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